Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Hello lovelies! It gives me
great pleasure today to host Rayna Noire and her new book, “Glimmer”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post - except the Available on Amazon picture.

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Glimmer

by Rayna Noire

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GENRE: Historical Fantasy

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BLURB:

For seventeen years, the convent walls kept Meara Cleary
from the secret of her own parentage. A bearded stranger claims she’s his niece
and promises to take her home. Before he can, a cataclysmic event thrusts her
into a war-torn world.

Meara vows to journey to Ireland to
find her uncle, unaware of how perilous a journey it will be. Her Druidic
father guides her through dreams, explaining her magical heritage. Her dead
parent can’t help her with the intricacies of village life, especially when she
catches the eye of the very engaged Braeden.

A whirlwind composed of equal parts
menace, romance, and revelation sweep Meara across the continent while
gathering allies and enemies with equal speed. Her intent to return to her
family turns into a fight to survive her own destiny.

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EXCERPT ONE:

England 1915

Even
though the sisters accepted that their God took male form, they seldom spoke of
the male gender at all. This other sex could roam free outside the walls
without worrying about falling prey to the temptations of the world.

Meara
shook off her initial fear and strode into the room, stopping short past the
door. The smiling man’s expression changed as he sent a sharp look at the
Mother Superior.

“You
told me her name was Meara.”

Her
heart leapt. Outside of Sister Gabriella whispering her name when she asked for
details about her birth, she’d never ever heard another person say it.
Mentally, she called herself Meara in an effort not to lose that slender thread
that connected her to her mother.

The
woman swung around so fast her black veil fluttered from the motion. Even
though she couldn’t see her expression, Meara knew it would be stern enough to
cause trembling in the most stalwart of the sisters. The man did not seem
intimidated. Strange.

“Meara
is a heathen name. Even though her mother chose to name her Meara, I chose the
name of Mary to inspire the child who came from a sinful union.”

A
low growl emanated from the man’s throat. The other man placed a hand on his
shoulder while speaking loud enough for her to hear. “Careful, Simon, don’t be
doing something you might regret.”

He
shook off the man’s hand before addressing Mother Superior. “Meara is my
mother’s name, a good Celtic name my sister chose to keep in the family. It
means the sea. As for my sister, you slander her good name. She was married to
one of your kinsmen, an Englishman.” He spat the last word as if it were poison
and needed to be out of his mouth. “Meara, come closer.” He gestured to a
nearby chair.

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GUEST POST:

Inventing and Developing Mystical
Characters

If you’re a Harry Potter fan, you may have wondered if J K
Rowling created the wonderful creatures on her own or if she used already
existing characters. She relied on classical mythology. In Glimmer, I relied on
Fairy Folk by Edain McCoy. There are
over two hundred different types of faeries including jinns, hobgoblins, and
buttery sprites.

Buttery sprites are entities who loved butter. They also
hate hypocrisy. They often bedeviled those who take advantage of people by
stealing their butter or at least leaving a sign on it. Faeries can also be
creatures like Dobbie in Harry Potter.

Many people fear faeries because they’re known for playing
tricks on people such as hiding keys and other important items. That might
explain some things that have vanished from your house. Faeries aren’t mean.
Their habit of moving things around is more in fun. People and fairy’s sense of
humors aren’t always the same.

The best way to stay in good with faeries is to honor
nature. Organic gardening, planting flowers, especially roses, and feeding the
birds, can do this. They appreciate recycling too.

I also chose to use different variations of fairies in
Glimmer from bobbing lights to shape shifting. Fairies can take the shape of
animals whenever they choose. They usually choose rabbits or birds. If a rabbit
or bird seems unusually attentive to you, it could be a faerie.

J R R Tolkien used the elf version of fairies, which are
tall, blonde, and beautiful. Most of us can remember Orlando Bloom as Legolas.
There are so many forms of faeries and a few are to be feared.

The banshee is a Celtic spirit that wails around the house
before the death of a family patriarch. There’s Lob, who appears like a small
dark rain cloud, and goes about looking to stir up trouble. The Lorelei are
similar to the Sirens because they appear as beautiful young women who lure men
to their deaths with their haunting songs.

These are only a few of the mystical creatures in the Faerie
Lights trilogy. I’ve included my own
interpretation of evil too. Check it out for yourself.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Rayna Noire is an author and a
historian. The desire to uncover the truth behind the original fear of witches
led her to the surprising discovery that people believed in magick in some form
up to 150 years ago. A world that believed the impossible could happen and
often did must have been amazing. With this in mind, Ms. Noire taps into this
dimension, shapes it into stories about Pagan families who really aren’t that
different from most people. They do go on the occasional adventures and magick
happens.

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9 comments:

Rayna ~ It is great to have you here! I'm so glad we were able to be part of your rescheduled tour! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! Also, wonderful guest post! Thanks for hanging out with us today :)